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4.2M jobs generated from gov’t infra projects since 2016

By Ferdinand Patinio/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” (BBB) program has generated a record-breaking number of employment opportunities nationwide, with over 4 million people employed since 2016,...

2018 Bar passers to take oath June 13

By Benjamin Pulta/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Passers of the 2018 Bar examinations will take their oath as new lawyers on June 13, the Supreme Court (SC) announced Tuesday. In a statement, the...

AFP, PNP send off troops for poll duty

By Priam Nepomuceno/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Less than a week before the mid-term elections, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) together with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Commission...

OFW Bank to start operations after appointment of board members

By Azer Parrocha/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The proposed bank for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will start operations as soon as all appointments of the board of directors are made, Malacañang said...

Albayalde urges Daraga mayor Baldo to surrender

By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde on Tuesday urged Daraga Mayor Carlwyn Baldo to turn himself in. “It's better if he will just...

PRRD signs law waiving docu fees for first-time jobseekers

By Azer Parrocha/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- First-time jobseekers will no longer have to pay for fees when they acquire government documents needed for employment. This after President Rodrigo Duterte, on April 10,...

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